The low stress design of welded plates using the self-designing structures approach

For cover plates welded to base plates, we show that by linking together finite element adaptive techniques, error estimators and stress trajectories, together with our self-designing structures software, we can design a weldment to obtain the minimum stresses in the base plate, the cover plate and...

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Published in:Computers & structures 2000-11, Vol.78 (1), p.487-496
Main Authors: Bull, J.W, Woodford, C.H, Christie, W.C, Neau, E, James, M.N
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Finite elements
Optimisation
Self-designing structures
Weld
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Summary:For cover plates welded to base plates, we show that by linking together finite element adaptive techniques, error estimators and stress trajectories, together with our self-designing structures software, we can design a weldment to obtain the minimum stresses in the base plate, the cover plate and the weld. In this way, a specified fatigue life can be obtained. We believe that such a method will produce more efficient design solutions than those derived by traditional approaches.
ISSN:0045-7949
1879-2243
DOI:10.1016/S0045-7949(00)00096-1